Collar fastener and supporter



G. J. HUDSON. COLLAR FASTENER AND SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29,1921.

Patented July 19, 1921.,

of which is formed with a staff provided staff will have to be placedlower down on so ng drawings, in which an erample of the the knot of thenecktie, thereby giving am- .flap of a co ar, have shown a modificationin Figs. 5 and 6.

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.7 aZZ whom it may concern. each loop. The lower end of each loop is Beit known that T Gnonon J. Henson, a bent inwardly'so as to on age theside of the citizen of the United tates, residlng at Dalstart. Thestaffs are made in pairs to form las, in the county ofeDallas and'S/tateof supporting members and the arm 13 of one to Texas, have inventedcertain new and useis provided with a downturned hook 14, fulImprovements in Collar Fasteners and while the arm 13 of thecorresponding mem- Supporters, of which the following is a her is(provided with a horizontal eye 15 ecification, adapte to receive saidhook.

This invention relates to new and useful In the drawing 1 have shown asoft collar 6 improvements in collar fasteners and suphaving the usualdown-turned flap Aand the porters. inner upright neckband B to which theflap The object of the invention is to provide a 1s attached. The flap Ais always made supporter which may be readily attached to of severallayers of cloth; In using my colthe collar and at the same timeconcealed. lar su porter the staff 10 is pushed into the A furtherobject is to provide a supporter flap by penetrating the inner layer of.having two members which are adapted to cloth with the point 11, so thatthe staff does be hooked together so as'to properly hold not penetratethe front lgyer but is conthe front of the collar in osltion. A stillcealed within said flap. n inserting the further object is to make t esupporter in a staff it is started near the front edge of the 7s simpleand inexpensive manner which will flap and at a point below the fold atthe top permit of a general use. of the flap. he location will dependsome- In carrying out the invention the supwhat upon the nature of thenecktie. If the porter is constructed of two members, each necktie isheavy and'makes a large knot the I with a loop and an extending arm. Thethe flap than where a small tie is used. loop has particular function inproviding it Wlll be noticed that when the stafi is ina resilient memberwhich clamps the fabric sorted into the goods, said goods will be to thestafi, whereby the staff is retained clamped between the lower end ofthe loop in osition. and the side of the staff as is clearly shown s5construction designed to carry out the in Fig. A, thereby preventinupward disinvention will be hereinafter described toplacement of themember. t is preferable gether with other features of the invention. tomake the members of resilient material. The invention will be morereadily under- The arms 13 are bent downwardly so that stood from areading of the following speciwhen the hook 14 is engagedin the eye 15fication and by reference to the accompanysaid arms will form an obtuseangle under invention is shown and wherein: ple room for the same whichwould not be Figure 1 is an elevation of one of the had if the armsextended straight across the members of the supporter embodying thecollar as will be evident from Fig. 3. When invention, the arms arehooked together the front edges F 'g. 2 is an elevation of the othermember, of the collar will be connected and the stafi's Fig. 3 is afront elevation of a collar will support the front edges so as to lend ashowing the fastening members in position neatappearance as will beobvious. thereon, nder some conditions it would be neces- Fig. i is adetail showing one of the memsary to rovide an adjustment of the-frontbars as it on ages the inner side of the front edges 0 the flap A, andfor this purpose I Fig. 5 is an elevation of a modified form; In thesefigures the loops 12 each terminate and in a laterally directed eye 16.A small coiled Fig. 6 is an elevation of the member used spring 17 isfastened to one of the eyes and with that shown in Fig. 5. provided witha hook 18 at its opposite end In the drawings the numeral 10 desig-'which is engaged in the eye 16 of the other nates a staff which may havea blunt point member. This arrangement permits the 11 at its lower end.The stafi is bent upon front edges of the collar to-be spread apartitself at its upper end to form a loop 12. and would be particularlyuseful in connec- A laterally d rected arm 13 exten s from tion with anecktie which tied in a large i the fancy of the -knot or-a collar whichhad flaringv front x ihe su porter members may bemade of any suita lematerial and maybe made 0 flat or round wire or the like. The supportersmay be used as found best by the individual wearer and may be insertedto suit person using them. It is pointed out that each member may bemade of a single piece of wire quickly bent into shape and cheaplyproduced.

\arious changes and modifications may be made without departing from thespirit of the invention.

What I claim, is:

1. In a collar supporter, a pair of members each comprising a sta with ablunt point and havinga clamping loop at its upper end, a laterallyextending arm carried by each loo and means for fastening the arms togetier.

2. In a collar supporter, a pair of staffs,

each having a blunt point at one end and a clamping loop at the otherend, and connecting means detachably engaging between the loops. 5

3. In a collar supporter, a pair of resilient members each comprising astaff having a point at one end and a loop at the other end, each ofsaid loops having its lower end in engagement with the side of the staffand forming a clamp for engaging the fabric of the collar, andconnecting means between the loops.

4. In a collar supporter, each staff having one end adapted forinsertion within the material of the flap of a soft collar or the likenear the free edge of the flap, said staff bein provided near itsopposite end with a c amping loop, and

means for connecting said loops.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

caoaca J. HUDSON.

a pair of staffs;

